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>> oh, we have wonderful fans in the united states. but we do have great, great fans in europe when we get a chance to go there, especially london we love to play. we had actually been on a five-week tour and just -- we were winding up our tour in london at the '02 arena and thought we're going to film this because this has been a wonderful trip. maybe we'll come back and put it together. we had such a great time, such a wonderful audience. all the songs, of course, that they love and all the popular songs. then we do a lot of variety of other things. we do some interviews, talk to the band, show the rehearsal, show the town. this dvd is a wonderful thing to watch. it's colorful and entertaining, but you can see for yourself on the dvd how involved the audience really gets. they knew all the words and they were swinging their arms back and forth on all the songs, singing along. so it made for a wonderful experience for all of us, and i'm very proud of the dvd and cd. it's all in one package. i have it right here. i'm hawking my goods.
>> oh, we have wonderful fans in the united states. but we do have great, great fans in europe when we get a chance to go there, especially london we love to play. we had actually been on a five-week tour and just -- we were winding up our tour in london at the '02 arena and thought we're going to film this because this has been a wonderful trip. maybe we'll come back and put it together. we had such a great time, such a wonderful audience. all the songs, of course, that they love and all...
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of the united states of america. and as we resolve to go back to those principles of the founding fathers, to work with states which will have my and tenth amendments resolutions i feel we have a time that's historic to take america back and make a statement to the future which is that we want to leave an american not that our children and grandchildren are burdened with debt from which they will never emerge, but have the opportunity instead to live in an america where our founding fathers cherished of liberties and new the limited form of government was by nature a human right, human nature demanded we have these types of constitutional protections. three branches of government balancing each other, a government whose powers were limited. if we can get back to that we can leave our children the same free nation we were born into. and i think that that is not only our birthright, it is our birth obligation and it's for those reasons i wrote a "america for sale." i'm tremendously thankful for those of you who have bo
of the united states of america. and as we resolve to go back to those principles of the founding fathers, to work with states which will have my and tenth amendments resolutions i feel we have a time that's historic to take america back and make a statement to the future which is that we want to leave an american not that our children and grandchildren are burdened with debt from which they will never emerge, but have the opportunity instead to live in an america where our founding fathers...
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states as well as japan, including time in the pentagon. i worked directly for the secretary and navy at one point. i was a combat engineer officer as i said and with that came the dehoiment to iraq. as well as a deployment as a u.s. department of defense civilian who was with a state department team that was imbedded with -- with a u.s. army division and to quit iraq. >> you resigned from the position in the state department on september 10th. was that significant? >> no. that was actually just, the way the timing worked out. and if there's one thing that pushed me over the edge, it was the resignation, it was the afghan elections, so after a week and a half, and that was august 20th, after a week and a half and two weeks of watching those events unfold, i spoke to my boss, beginning of september and said, i am really thinking of resigning, and i am at a point where i can't par take in this any longer. so it just turned out by the time i got to see my boss, and by the time i wrote the letter it was september 10th, so that the timing in sep
states as well as japan, including time in the pentagon. i worked directly for the secretary and navy at one point. i was a combat engineer officer as i said and with that came the dehoiment to iraq. as well as a deployment as a u.s. department of defense civilian who was with a state department team that was imbedded with -- with a u.s. army division and to quit iraq. >> you resigned from the position in the state department on september 10th. was that significant? >> no. that was...
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in the united states it is actually in the 19th century the united states is very much open economy in terms of trade and investment. however u.s. take a very defensive kind of shift in terms of strategy and lowering debt ratio increasing the domestic amount. that strategy actually becomes very important. you can see very clearly it lies above the 45-degree line. that is coming down. by example. the other example is japan. it is very much a kind of rut to balance. however, moving very rapidly towards export dependence. that means it goes beyond the 45-degree light. so that nextel economy, china is below the 45-degree line. ever, it is rapidly approaching. the export dependence ratio for china is 45%. so in the way china needs following the strategies of the united states about a hundred years ago nestling examples of korea and japan. so in case of adjustments it is not just the issue of is directed policy. a thing of the people think that is the key issue. it is important that the financial factor reform, the capital market, and the relationship between our government. all the money is
in the united states it is actually in the 19th century the united states is very much open economy in terms of trade and investment. however u.s. take a very defensive kind of shift in terms of strategy and lowering debt ratio increasing the domestic amount. that strategy actually becomes very important. you can see very clearly it lies above the 45-degree line. that is coming down. by example. the other example is japan. it is very much a kind of rut to balance. however, moving very rapidly...
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hopefully eliminating hiv related health disparities right here at the united states. as part of that campaign, the director of our office of national aids policy, jeff crowley, and my department have spent the last few months posting community meetings around the country to hear from state and local leaders and americans living with hiv/aids about what the components of the new domestic strategy should be. what we know is we need to do a lot better job of reaching the groups that have the hardest hit by hiv/aids. in washington d.c. mr. mayer i am sure you are aware that one in 16 african american men are hiv-positive. and if you look at just the gay men in the community, the numbers are even more staggering. in 2005 at the centers for disease control found that in five major cities almost half of all african-american gay men are hiv-positive. that's why we recently launched a $45 million hiv education campaign, it's our first federal hiv education campaign in over 20 years and it's specifically targeted to underserved communities including racial minorities, women, ga
hopefully eliminating hiv related health disparities right here at the united states. as part of that campaign, the director of our office of national aids policy, jeff crowley, and my department have spent the last few months posting community meetings around the country to hear from state and local leaders and americans living with hiv/aids about what the components of the new domestic strategy should be. what we know is we need to do a lot better job of reaching the groups that have the...
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with respect to the relationship of the united states and -- between the united states and pakistan's military, i think that there have probably been times in the past in which we were so single-minded lee focused on just military assistance in pakistan that we do not think more broadly about how to encourage and developin e kind of civil the security in pakistan that would affect the lives of the people every day. secretary clinton is doing a good job in trying to move forward -- where she? i thought she was around here somewhere. but anyway, she has done an excellent job in helping to focus our energies on the front as well. obviously, pakistan has an enormously important role in the security of the region by making sure that the extremist organizations that often operate out of its territories are dealt with effectively. and we have seen some progress. the pakistan -- the work that the pakistan military is doing in the swat valley and in south windsor a stand awaziristan indicate that -- in south waziristan indicates that they can have an effect on their security interests -- inter
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states. and lord craig and the baroness taking their places on either side of the throne. when the queen is ready, she will ask members of the house of lords to be seated, and they will give her signal for black rod to be dispatched to the commons. >> you may be seated. . . he will have to knock in order to gain entrance. >> mr. speaker, the queen commands this honorable house to attend her person immediately and the house of lords. it in the house of lords. >> the sergeant of arms leads the party out of the chambers of commons. >> royal expenses along the way. >> the great fun of this procession -- you can usually tell by the expression on their faces. >> and the crash is under way. -- and the crush is under way. gordon brown looking very serious. alistair darling and other senior members of the commons. there is no room for 650 mp's and house of lords so they will have to crowd up to what they call the bar to listen to the queen's speech itself. it is a bit of a crush. >> many times, it is
states. and lord craig and the baroness taking their places on either side of the throne. when the queen is ready, she will ask members of the house of lords to be seated, and they will give her signal for black rod to be dispatched to the commons. >> you may be seated. . . he will have to knock in order to gain entrance. >> mr. speaker, the queen commands this honorable house to attend her person immediately and the house of lords. it in the house of lords. >> the sergeant of...
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we are certainly seeing that in the united states as well. at the same time we faced a very difficult moment in gathering public opinion behind this agenda, especially at the moment of global financial crisis. it is not whether we as scientists can persuade politicians to act. it is whether the public can lead politicians to make these difficult decisions so our audience has to be the public, the wider community to get their support behind this agenda and to lead us into making what some say, tough unpalatable decisions. one thing we have to do is work much better to integrate climate change with other aspects of the health agenda. i think one of the issues for us is we have drawn a boundary around climate change and we integrated into bubba-- broader global health issues and it is time for these agendas to merge, to speak to one another. we are not just climate change advocates. we are help that the kids around a range of issues. we still have sadly even amongst our own health community a huge amount of persuading to do and he writes speak d
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states a baseball stadium full of people die every year in the united states because they can't get health care. harry reid's bill does not take effect until 2014. that means more than 200,000 americans will die while the congress waits to do something. how out of touch can a congress the? hauck incompetent and dysfunctional canoy congress beat, a democratic party be when they allowed 200,000 americans to die while they do nothing? when medicare was passed it was put into effect within a year. why did delay? 200,000 deaths on the hands of the congress. i am going to turn to the economic impact and i want to put the health care bills into context of the economy that is what most, the real economy most americans are living through and there have been a number of studies that i think will highlight that. first the census cannot. the census found a widening income gap as the poor and working-class take a big hit on the recession. here is a report on it. recession has hit middle and ports families cardes wyden the income gap between the richest and poorest americans as rippling ravage ho
states a baseball stadium full of people die every year in the united states because they can't get health care. harry reid's bill does not take effect until 2014. that means more than 200,000 americans will die while the congress waits to do something. how out of touch can a congress the? hauck incompetent and dysfunctional canoy congress beat, a democratic party be when they allowed 200,000 americans to die while they do nothing? when medicare was passed it was put into effect within a year....
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states and have some sort of advantage over the united states, drives american decision making. this is the reason for the difficulty, a fear that the other side may get some sort of advantage and that they would exploit it. i am rather glad to say we were never put in a position to see whether the soviets would have exploited such an advantage, although the cuban missile crisis is a pretty close case, obviously. >> let me throw in a couple of other names. a member of the scientific advisory committee, the atomic energy commission, made the points along with some of his colleagues that the decision to go ahead with a larger-scale weapon was a good time to try once again to negotiate with the soviet union some sort of control over these weapons. that was not attempted. that was left to one side because the president basically took the advice of dean acheson and his joint chiefs. oppenheimer argued, i think correctly, that these weapons would be more dangerous to the united states, which has more major cities, then they would be to the soviet union, which has fewer cities. and the
states and have some sort of advantage over the united states, drives american decision making. this is the reason for the difficulty, a fear that the other side may get some sort of advantage and that they would exploit it. i am rather glad to say we were never put in a position to see whether the soviets would have exploited such an advantage, although the cuban missile crisis is a pretty close case, obviously. >> let me throw in a couple of other names. a member of the scientific...
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with respect to the relationship of the united states and -- between the united states and pakistan's military, i think that there have probably been times in the past in which we were so focused on just military assistance in pakistan that we do not think more broadly about how to encourage and developin e kind of civil the security in pakistan that would affect the lives of the people every day. secretary clinton is doing a good job in trying to move forward -- where she? i thought she was around here somewhere. but anyway, she has done an excellent job in helping to focus our energies on the front as well. obviously, pakistan has an enormously important role in the security of the region by making sure that the extremist organizations that often operate out of its territories are dealt with effectively. and we have seen some progress. the pakistan -- the work that the pakistan military is doing in the swat valley and in south windsor a stand awaziristan indicate that -- in south waziristan indicates that they can have an effect on their security interests -- internally. my hope is
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i think when you're dealing with georgia, a developing democracy, and the united states you have two very different kettles of fish in terms of flow of information, freedom of the press and all of these other things. so it's less of a dangerous situation here which is why i think there's potential to harness -- harness outsourcing and make it work for us. you would have a very different situation in a lot of other countries in the world. finally, with respect to the first question. i just wanted -- where did you go? there you are. yeah, just to point out one thing. you know, we're talking about the pentagon in development. that's a whole new thing. for the department of defense to consider development part of its purview. i would just ask ourselves whether that really makes good strategic sense. i think it's not so smart. that's my own personal opinion. i can go into that more if you want later. [inaudible] >> i'm not sure. but i do see those two wars as anomalies. we really to have make a distinction between wartime contracting and peacetime contracting. i think wartime contracting
i think when you're dealing with georgia, a developing democracy, and the united states you have two very different kettles of fish in terms of flow of information, freedom of the press and all of these other things. so it's less of a dangerous situation here which is why i think there's potential to harness -- harness outsourcing and make it work for us. you would have a very different situation in a lot of other countries in the world. finally, with respect to the first question. i just...
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we are there under a united nations fear. 43 nations states are in the collision. it had pledged for troops with others. would it not be appropriate for the secretary-general to announce these as soon as he can silicon build on the progress to date through the january 20 conference in london? >> of su is right, this is a unique venture. it is difficult to look back on events where so many countries have come together as one coalition with the leadership of nato and the united nations and are committed to providing additional resources to enable the surge in military activity to happen over the next several months. as far as the naming of countries who have offered troops it is possible to refer to statements made by different leaders, but the announcements should be made by the leaders themselves. no doubt the secretary-general of nato will want to make a comprehensive announcement soon. i am confident the 5000 additional troops i talked about a few weeks ago has been an important part of the continuing mission. >> will the prime minister say what steps he will tak
we are there under a united nations fear. 43 nations states are in the collision. it had pledged for troops with others. would it not be appropriate for the secretary-general to announce these as soon as he can silicon build on the progress to date through the january 20 conference in london? >> of su is right, this is a unique venture. it is difficult to look back on events where so many countries have come together as one coalition with the leadership of nato and the united nations and...
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now, the united states does take this issue very seriously, but relatively few resources are directed towards the domestic side of the issue. almost all of the money that is -- and it's a huge amount of money. almost all of the money that the united states invests in human trafficking is invested in the global issue. and that's based on the theory that the united states was only a source of -- or was only a destination location for human trafficking, but it looks like we're actually funding a lot of our own destination, we're a source society as well -- >> of victims. we're a source of the victims, of these child victims. and you know, to you, eleanor dixon. let's unleash lawyers. with me eleanor odom, peter odom, anne bremner. eleanor and peter out of the atlanta jurisdiction. anne bremner high-profile lawyer out of seattle. eleanor, here's the kicker. people think all this money is traded for child prostitutes, for a 5-year-old girl. this mother probably sold her own girl for a hit of crack. come on. >> exactly right, nancy. especially looking at someone with a drug problem. she kil
now, the united states does take this issue very seriously, but relatively few resources are directed towards the domestic side of the issue. almost all of the money that is -- and it's a huge amount of money. almost all of the money that the united states invests in human trafficking is invested in the global issue. and that's based on the theory that the united states was only a source of -- or was only a destination location for human trafficking, but it looks like we're actually funding a...
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if we don't act we may have the collapse of finance in the united states and the rest of the world. where were they? >> guest: i don't think there were looking at the data. if they were there were choosing to ignore it or act optimistic because that serve the political agenda. you don't want to be the party in power when the crisis happens. if you can sort of push along and will it to not happen and give this, this is how i look at it from the outside, but give a positive spin you can push it on to rally the next guy or the next administration. >> host: he almost got out. >> guest: he almost got out. >> host: he almost made it. >> guest: if it happened at the beginning of 2009 it would have changed. >> host: talk about this whole business of deregulation. during the ten year period wall street spent $105 billion pressuring congress for campaign contributions to deregulate. what impact did all of that deregulation have on the ensuing financial collapse? >> guest: the repeal of a glass-stiegel was the catalyst for what became the collapse and what became a few years later some enron a
if we don't act we may have the collapse of finance in the united states and the rest of the world. where were they? >> guest: i don't think there were looking at the data. if they were there were choosing to ignore it or act optimistic because that serve the political agenda. you don't want to be the party in power when the crisis happens. if you can sort of push along and will it to not happen and give this, this is how i look at it from the outside, but give a positive spin you can...
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police say that a greek orthodox priest visiting the united states was lost. he followed lance corporal jason bruce into a garage to ask for help and they accuse bruce of beating the priest with a tire iron and calling him a racist. >> i think it's sad. this is a very soft-spoken person who is dedicated to serving god and serving church and from what it sounds like to me he got lost and asked for directions and someone assaulted him. >> allegedly called him a terrorist. bruce's attorney claims the priest groped bruce and he was defending himself. he's free on bond and the priest was tone aken to a hospital and released. >>> workers almost got hit by another rock slide and that one was caught on video. look at this. it's awfully close. a local news crew was turning the cleanup effort and able to get the video of the second rock slide. we understand a state transportation department geologist warned everyone there might be a second slide so moved them out of the way. u.s. 64 could be closed up to a week. >>> a woman went to lunch at mcdonald's and came home a ri
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the h1n1 may have killed 4,000 people in the united states since april. the cdc is now counting lab confirmed cases and deaths complicated from h1n1. >>> president obama got four options from advisers about afghanistan, and he turned them all down. a white house official says the president has growing doubts about the afghan government, and he wants an exit strategy before sending extra troops. so he sent all his staff recommendations back to the drawing board. former secretary of state colin powell supports the president's cautious approach. >> this is a very difficult one for him, and it isn't just a one-time decision. this is a decision that will have consequences for the better part of his administration. so, mr. president, don't get pushed by the left to do nothing. don't get pushed by the right to do everything. you take your time to figure it out. you're the commander in chief and this is what you were elected for. >>> well, part of what's making this decision so hard is the president's two top men in afghanistan completely disagree about bringing
the h1n1 may have killed 4,000 people in the united states since april. the cdc is now counting lab confirmed cases and deaths complicated from h1n1. >>> president obama got four options from advisers about afghanistan, and he turned them all down. a white house official says the president has growing doubts about the afghan government, and he wants an exit strategy before sending extra troops. so he sent all his staff recommendations back to the drawing board. former secretary of...
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department of justice says at any given time up to 300,000 children in the united states are at risk for being sold into sexual slavery. throw away kids, runaways. the young kids running around the streets, say, why aren't they in school? those are the kids who end up in sexual servitude and it's a real, real problem. >> it's also a billion dollar business in some countries. in thailand, specifically, it's a billion dollar business. >> it is. >> what's being done by the fbi and the cia in this country? >> there are a host of laws on the state level and the federal level. part of the problem is coming out of denial and realizing people do go to children for sex. businessmen, people -- the last people you'd think of are the ones who go over to thailand and are using children for sex. they're trying to get away with behavior they don't think they can get away with in the united states. as we're seeing in cases like this, there are allegations this is also happening in the united states. >> uh-huh. michelle, do you think that this is such a horrific thing for americans to even look at an
department of justice says at any given time up to 300,000 children in the united states are at risk for being sold into sexual slavery. throw away kids, runaways. the young kids running around the streets, say, why aren't they in school? those are the kids who end up in sexual servitude and it's a real, real problem. >> it's also a billion dollar business in some countries. in thailand, specifically, it's a billion dollar business. >> it is. >> what's being done by the fbi...
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police say that a greek orthodox priest visiting the united states limited english capability was lost. he followed jason bruce in a garage and asked for directions. they accuse bruce of beating the priest with a tire iron and calling him a terrorist. >> it's sad. this is a soft-spoken person whose life is dedicated to serving god and the church and he got lost and asked for directions and someone assaulted him. >> bruce's attorney claims the reverend groped the man and bruce was only defending himself. he's free on bond. the priest was in a hospital and later released. >>> a lot of people are taking a second look at slugger sammy sosa. why he says his skin looks lighter these days. >> we're extremely proud of our military troops and want to honor them this veterans day especially in memory of our friend josh meadows who was fallen last month and just very proud to be a part of the marine corps and believe in what we're doing and fighting for america's freedom. thank you all. >> always faithful. of course on veterans day we salute all of the troops serving this country. parades under w
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>> oh, we have wonderful fans in the united states. we do have great, great fans in europe when we get a chance to go there, especially london we love to play. we had actually been on a five-week tour and just -- we were winding up our tour in london at the '02 arena and thought we're going to film this because this has been a wonderful trip. we had such a great time, such a wonderful audience. all the songs, of course, that they love and all the popular songs. then we do a lot of variety of other things. we do interview, talk to the band, show the rehearsal, show the town. this dvd is a wonderful thing to watch. it's colorful and entertaining, but you can see for yourself on the dvd how involved the audience really gets. they knew all the words and they were swinging their arms back and forth on all the songs, singing along. it made for a wonderful experience for all of us and i'm very proud of the dvd and cd. it's all in one package. i have it right here. i call it my double ds. it's like double disks here. on one side you've got the
>> oh, we have wonderful fans in the united states. we do have great, great fans in europe when we get a chance to go there, especially london we love to play. we had actually been on a five-week tour and just -- we were winding up our tour in london at the '02 arena and thought we're going to film this because this has been a wonderful trip. we had such a great time, such a wonderful audience. all the songs, of course, that they love and all the popular songs. then we do a lot of variety...
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>> oh, we have wonderful fans in the united states. we do have great, great fans in europe when we get a chance to go there, especially london we love to play. we had actually been on a five-week tour and just -- we were winding up our tour in london at the 02s is arena and thought we're going to film this because this has been a wonderful trip. we had such a great time, such a wonderful audience. all the songs, of course, that they love and all the popular songs. then we do a lot of variety of other things. we do interview, talk to the band, show the rehearsal, show the town. this dvd is a wonderful thing to watch. it's colorful and entertaining, but you can see for yourself on the dvd how involved the audience really gets. they knew all the words and they were swinging their arms back and forth on all the songs, singing along. it made for a wonderful experience for all of us and i'm very proud of the dvd and cd. it's all in one package. i have it right here. i call it my double ds. it's like double disks here. on one side you've got
>> oh, we have wonderful fans in the united states. we do have great, great fans in europe when we get a chance to go there, especially london we love to play. we had actually been on a five-week tour and just -- we were winding up our tour in london at the 02s is arena and thought we're going to film this because this has been a wonderful trip. we had such a great time, such a wonderful audience. all the songs, of course, that they love and all the popular songs. then we do a lot of...
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states. all week long in our what matters partnership with essence magazine, we're taking a special look at life for black men since president obama took office. does having a black president really affect their day-to-day lives? this week i sit down with some prominent male leaders in the african-american community and pose that question. today meet dr. boyce watkins, professor at syracuse university, and we're going to ask him whether he thinks life has changed for black men in the last year. >> many black men were inspired by barack obama's achievement. in some ways, though, life became more difficult because with the election of president obama, a lot of people began to think we live in this post-racial america. that's a little bit silly. that's almost as silly as saying we had a post-racial america in 1937 when joel lewis became the heavyweight champion of the world. the truth of the matter is there's always been space for the magic black man or the chosen one, even when the rest of us s
states. all week long in our what matters partnership with essence magazine, we're taking a special look at life for black men since president obama took office. does having a black president really affect their day-to-day lives? this week i sit down with some prominent male leaders in the african-american community and pose that question. today meet dr. boyce watkins, professor at syracuse university, and we're going to ask him whether he thinks life has changed for black men in the last year....